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Sunday, 6 January 2013

I Won an Award!

Thank you so much to Jenny at Jenny Sews 2 for nominating me for a
Liebster Award.It’s my very first blog
award and I’m honoured to be included.

The Liebster Award is awarded to blogs with less than 200 readers to
bring them into the limelight and hopefully increase their readership. The
rules are:

Post 11 random facts about yourself.

Answer 11 questions posed by your nominator.

Nominate up to 5 other blogs for the award and ask them 11 questions of
your own.

So, to kick off, here are 11 random facts about me.

1.When I was little I wanted to be a fashion
designer, and secretly still do.

2.Pretty
much the only thing I love doing more than crafting is reading.

3.At
school I studied both maths and art at A Level, and was the only person in my
year to do so.

4.I
have a younger sister who is adopted.

5.I
have a secret passion for stationary, I love pens and notebooks!

6.My
favourite ever holiday was 2 weeks in Croatia which I organised without the
help of a travel agent.

7.I
can’t ride a bike.

8.I
often drive around 500 miles a week (or more) for work.

9.I
love living in a small town with countryside on my doorstep and would never
want to live in a city.

10.I
really don’t like cheese and onion flavoured crisps.

11.I desperately want to visit Paris again.

Now for my answers to the 11 questions Jenny asked me:

1.How long have you been sewing? I’ve been sewing as long as I can remember.

2.How
did you learn to sew (did you go to school, self-taught, mother, aunt, uncle,
etc)? Mostly self taught, although my mum
used to make a lot of clothes when I was little, so gave me some help.

3.What
motivates you to sew? So that I can have
clothes that aren’t exactly the same as everyone else’s and also because I love
the creative process.

4.What
is your favourite colour? It varies
alot.Currently I love all shades of
grey and deep pinks, purples and teal.

5.What
is your favourite place to shop for fabric and notions? I don’t really have a favourite place.I buy a lot online because I don’t have a great selection of fabric
shops near me.

6.What’s
your favourite type of project to sew? Dresses
without a doubt. They are also my favourite garment to wear.

7.Will
you sew a new challenge this year, if so, what will it be? Yes, I will be attempting trousers.

8.What’s
your least favourite type of garment to sew? I don’t really have one, it depends on my mood.

9.Do
you have a sewing room? No, but I wish I
did.I work from home, so our small
bedroom is my office rather than my sewing room.

10.Do
you or would you teach others to sew? I
haven’t taught others to sew, but I would like to.

11.How often do you buy patterns or do you draft
your own? I haven’t yet drafted any
patterns of my own, but I’d like to learn how to.I buy patterns when I see something I like,
so probably far too often!

And finally, I’d like to nominate the following blogs for a Leibster
Award: